Cloth plaiting or piling machine



A. DUROT.

CLOTH PLAITING 0R PILING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC 7, I920.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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A. DUROT.

CLOTH PLAITING 0R PILING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC 7. I920.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT DUROT, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO SIR JAMES FARMER 8t SONS LIMITED, 0]? SALFORD, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

CLOTH PLAITING 0R PILIN G MACHINE.

Application filed December 7, 1920.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

Serial No. 428,988.

(GRANTED UNDER THE rnovrsrons or THE ACT or MARCH 3, 1921, 41 STAT. n, 1313.)

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, ALBERT Donor, a citizen of France, and resident of Adelphi Ironworks, Salford, Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth Plaiting or Piling Machines, (for which I have filed an application in Great Britain Aug. 31, 1916, Patent No. 104,118,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cloth plaiting or piling machines.

Heretofore it has been proposed to plait or pile cloth in rope form by passing it through a guide-eye traversed back and forth across and over a winch reciprocated both along and across the machine.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of piling machine and it consists in the combination with a guide eye cross traversed by a continuously rotating right and left hand screw and supported independently of the winch carriage, of a winch extending the full width of the machine and having a reciprocatory movement imparted thereto by endless moving chains carrying lugs projecting into elongated slots in the winch carriage, the cloth from the guide eye passing over a drawing roller or drum on its way to the winch.

Referring to the accompanying explanatory drawing Figure 1 is an end elevation and Figure 2 a plan view of a cloth plaiting or piling ma chine constructed in accordance with this invention. In Figure 2 the guide eye is shown in full lines for the sake of clearness.

The same reference letters in the two views indicate the same parts.

The cloth in rope form is passed through a pot or other guide eye a which is supported on an arm 6 traversed back and forth across the machine in the known manner by a right and left hand rotating screwed rod 0. The cloth cl from said guide passes over a drawing roller or drum 0; to a winch c which is of any usual form extending from side to side of the machine and adapted to give the cloth rope as it descends therefrom a wave-like motion for piling purposes. The winch carriage or frame f runs on rollers 9 upon suitable rails or angle irons h and the winch is rotated by a belt i running round the winch pulley y' over tension rollers 71: on the winch frame and over pulleys m, one at each end of the machine.

The longitudinal traverse or reciprocation of the winch frame f is effected by two endless chains at, running over sprocket wheels 0 supported by; the rails or angle irons h aforesaid. A lug-like partp projects from each chain and each lug enters an elongated slot 7 in a side member of the winch frame f. Thus, as the chains are moved, they carry the winch frame with them; As the lugs pass round the chain sprocket wheels 0, they move along the slots g aforesaid either rising or falling in same, and so come into position to move the frame in a reverse direction..

Havin now described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In cloth plaiting or piling machines, having a guide eye traversable back and forth across the machine, in combination with a winch frame, awinch extending the full width of the machine, means for rotating said winch, vertical slots in the winch frame, chains with projections entering said slots for traversing the winch frame back and forth in the machine, and a drawing roller or drum feeding the cloth to said winch, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ALBERT DUB-OT. 

